Surgical-needle holder.



c.- o. GAUSE. SURGICAL NYIDLE HOLDER.

- I APPLICATION FILED APB..19, 1905. 91 9, 1 52.v

' Patented Apr. 20,1909.r

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UNiTnD sTATEs PATENT ernten.

SURGICAL-NEEDLE HOLDER.

Application led April To ZZ whom 'it may concern.

Bc it known that I, CHARLES O. GAUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Sharon, in the county of Mahaska, State of iowa, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Surgical-Needle Holders; and I do hereby declare the' following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to instruments for surgical purposes and more particularly to needles and has for its object to provide an instrument of this kind which will include a handle by which it may be manipulated and which will also be provided with means for holding thread, this means being arranged to feed its thread to the needle proper.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description and it will be understood that modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and any suitable materials may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation ofA the present invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line Q-Q of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 8--3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 11- is a view looking at right angles to Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises a handle 5 which is circular in cross-section, and which is provided with a threaded socket 6 in one end for the reception of the threaded end 7 of a needle 8, the needle extending' beyond the end of the handle, as shown, and having an eye 9 adjacent to its point 10, this point being opposite to the threaded end of the needle. Formed longitudinally through the handle there is a passage 11 which opens through the ends of the handle, as shown.

The handle has a laterally extending plate 12 at the end opposite to that in which the socket is formed, and this plate is bent to conform to the curvature of the side wall 13 of a cylindrical receptacle 14, this side wall having an opening 15 formed therethrough which registers Awith the passage Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

1905. Serial No. 256,369.

11. Secured to the wall 13 at one of its edges there is a disk 16 which closes one end of the receptacle and this disk has secured to the center thereof a pin 17 which passes through the receptacle 14 and projects beyond the opposite end thereof, and the outwardly projecting portion of the pin is engaged in the central opening of a plate 19 which rests against the wall 13 to form a removable closure for the other end of the receptacle, the outwardly extending portion of the pin being threaded and having a thumb nut 19 engaged therewith beyond the plate 19 to hold the latter in position. The pin 17 is arranged for the reception of a spool 20 containing suitable thread which passes from the spool through the passage 11 to the needle S, in the eye 9 of which the end portion of the thread is engaged.

In use, the instrument is grasped by the handle 5 and the needle is passed through the portions which are to be sewed until the loose end of the thread may be grasped by the fingers of the operator when it is thus grasped and the needle is withdrawn. The thread is then cut outwardly of the eye 9 and the instrument is ready to be used a second time. It is of course understood that when the needle is withdrawn, as described, a sutlicient amount of thread is unwound from the spool to permit of cutting the thread without danger of its becoming disengaged from the eye of the needle.

It will be understood that a number of ditierent forms of needles may be used in connection with the handle described.

`What is claimed is r In an implement of the class described, a stock having a longitudinal bore eccentric of the axis of said stock, and a socket located centrally in one end adapted to receive a needle, a cylindrical casing connected to the other end of said stock, the axis of the casing extending transverse the stock and in the plane of the axes of the stock and bore, said casing being open at one end and closed at the other end, and provided with an aperture near said open end registering with the bore in the stock, a pin secured to the closed end of said casing and extending beyond the open end of the same, a spool mounted for rotation upon said pin and adapted to contain thread, the loose end of which is conducted through said alined aperture and against the open end of the casing and act the bore in the stoel, a plate bearing upon es :L eloeure for the aperture therein. 10 the open end of said easing to ft tightly In testimony whereof, I alix my signetthereon und provided with an aperture ture, in presence of two witnesses.

through which said pin extends, threads CHARLES O. GAUSE. formed upon the outer end of seid pin, and llitnesses e nut held upon said pin to extend over the Y C. F. DrNsMoRn,

aperture in the plate, force the plate firmly F. C. CLARK. 

